Find The Blessings

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This husband of mine…

Has only one childhood photo…only one…the subtle smile…hair swished to the side…those sparkling eyes…

Born in Texas…moved with his family to Illinois…that dad of his working in the fields…he in elementary school…lived in a big old house owned by a farmer…

His older brother stopped by…lived just up the road…asked if they wanted to go to town…get some groceries…and so they did…

On the way back black smoke loomed on the horizon…the closer they got to home…the more they realized their loss…

The house exploded…gas buildup in the basement…there was nothing left but a burning hole…

And so it is…in life…we often take for granted those little things…baby pictures…birthday pictures…pictures of little us with friends and family…

But even in the midst of loss…there are blessings…the if they hadn’t stopped to take us to the grocery store blessings…what a loss that would have been…and without that blessing one of us…wouldn’t be writing this today…
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And that husband of mine…agrees…